Special Containment Procedures: All digital copies of SCP-XXXX are to be stored on secure Foundation servers. Foundation web sweepers are to scan social media websites, music publications, and message boards for potential references to SCP-XXXX. Any unauthorized individual believed to know about SCP-XXXX is to be detained, questioned, and released with standard amnesiac protocol.

In the event of another mass information breach (see “Discovery”), Protocol Twisted Fantasy will be enacted.

Description: SCP-XXXX is a music album appearing to have been made by American hip-hop artist Kanye West. Digital copies of the album are timestamped with the release year 2019, and audiological analysis of vocals and production confirm the album to be sonically consistent with Kanye West albums released of that time period. Its content diverges heavily from West's known discography in its sound, themes, and scope. SCP-XXXX has a runtime of over 1000 hours, making complete listens of the album by individuals infeasible. Because of the physical infeasability of creating such an album, the Foundation does not believe Kanye West to be the origin of SCP-XXXX.

SCP-XXXX itself has no tangible anomalous properties; in its current containment, it is a standard collection of MP3 files. It poses no physical harm to persons listening to it or systems containing it, and audiological analysis of the files reveals no technical difference between SCP-XXXX and most other professionally released, non-anomalous music. SCP-XXXX is not a cognitohazard, but its content is highly distressing to most listeners, especially those who hold religious beliefs.1

The anomalous status of SCP-XXXX is apparent in the nature of its content,2 which is considered shocking and reprehensible by listeners, and whose apparent creator, Kanye West, denies any memory of making (see “Discovery” and “Interview-XXXX-A”).

In the most general sense, SCP-XXXX’s lyrical content is an argument for and description of the existence of a place of eternal torment after death (henceforth referred to as “Hell”). The album’s concept of Hell does not match that of any known religion, though the unidentified narrator mimicking Kanye West (henceforth referred to as SCP-XXXX-1) compares and contrasts its concept of Hell to other human concepts of Hell throughout the album.

Confirmations of SCP-XXXX’s anomalous origins are present in its lyrical content. SCP-XXXX-1 demonstrates posession of knowledge that is, to the Foundation’s knowledge, unattainable to the general public. Lyrics include detailed descriptions of the inner workings of world governments, exposing the “sins” of public figures, and direct acknowledgement of the Foundation. SCP-XXXX-1 expresses that its album will likely contained by the Foundation, demonstrating clear intent during the creation of SCP-XXXX. For these reasons, the Foundation considers SCP-XXXX-1, the apparent creator of SCP-XXXX, to be an advanced supernatural entity.

Any deeper explanation of SCP-XXXX is challenging given SCP-XXXX’s extensive runtime. After intitial containment of SCP-XXXX, a ten-person team with collective
experience in audio and literary analysis was assigned to study the contents of SCP-XXXX. The team’s complete report on SCP-XXXX took 106 years to finish and totaled over 18 million words.3 Sections from the team’s report, which includes excerpts of SCP-XXXX songs, are available at the bottom of this file.

At approximately 19:23 UTC on October 24, 2019, a user with no previous account history posted a download link SCP-XXXX on a Kanye West fan subforum with the title “leaked yeezy.” Users initially dismissed the post, and file-hosting site Mega confirmed that no users downloaded the 200 GB file until days later, consistent with the following recorded events. On October 27, a regular of the forum announced in a post they would be downloading the file and reporting on its contents

Footnotes

1. This is considered by Foundation psychologists to be a natural reaction to the content presented and not the result of any cognitohazardous effects.

2. SCP-XXXX is not considered anomalous because of its seemingly inexplicable content, but because the only explanation for said content’s existence is anomalous.

3. The team’s personnel roster at the end of its assignment shared no common members with its original lineup because of many granted requests of assignment change which cited psychological stress as a result of continual study of SCP-XXXX; those original team members who did not request a change of assignment died of causes unrelated to SCP-XXXX prior to the completion of the report.